a new kinda 4th...

i am a girl of traditions...
anyone who knows me even a little bit, could never deny that fact.

so, when the fourth rolled around...
i was slightly bummed that both brian and i decided to break away from our almost 10 year tradition of doing our own fireworks in the restaurant parking lot. :(

we jointly decided the night before that we have two children deathly afraid of loud sounds...
and fireworks, unfortunately, fall right into the category of "too loud". :(

we started the day out the same...
a birthday celebration for my dad.
which gave my heart a tiny bit of comfort.

but, driving towards home at the end of the night,
i was rather sad to think i wouldn't even see one firework on the fourth.

low and behold, my husband, being the brilliant brian that he is...
pulled into a mcdonalds, got us ice cream cones and told us to look up...

and to our amazement, we saw a light show in the ski, far enough away from the "too loud" that goes with it.

who knew that eating micky d's soft serve cones on top of the mini van roof,
watching rockets light up the ski could be so much fun?

and just like that, we started a new 4th of july emrich tradition!